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TikTok shakes up South Africa’s social media Big Five

TikTok shakes up South Africa’s social media Big Five

The ‘Big Five’ social media platforms in South Africa have been shaken up, as TikTok leaps past Instagram into second place and challenges the dominant social network, Facebook, in several segments. This...

Industry must help build trust in e-commerce if Nigeria is to enjoy meaningful growth

Industry must help build trust in e-commerce if Nigeria is to enjoy...

E-commerce in Nigeria has not yet built momentum and in 2021, just seven percent of all purchases were made online. Industry experts believe that the fear of fraud is hindering the uptake of e-commerce, which is...

South African companies selected for the 2023 Digital Equity Accelerator Cohort

South African companies selected for the 2023 Digital Equity Accelerator...

The Aspen Institute and HP have announced the selection of 10 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and not-for-profit organisations across Malaysia, Mexico and South Africa as the cohort for the 2023 Digital Equity...

Deepfakes: 74% of Africans tricked into believing they’re real

Deepfakes: 74% of Africans tricked into believing they’re real

The Top Risks Report 2023 by the Eurasia Group defined advances in deepfakes and the rapid rise of misinformation as ‘weapons of mass disruption’ and it is not far from wrong. Advances in Artificial...

Network International invests ZAR500 million in technology

Network International invests ZAR500 million in technology

Digital payments leader, Network International, reaffirms its commitment to South Africa with ZAR500 million investment in deploying its processing capabilities locally; building on its ZAR3.5 billion acquisition in...

US and Kenya conclude opening round under the US-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership

US and Kenya conclude opening round under the US-Kenya Strategic Trade and...

The United States and Kenya concluded a week of productive meetings on the US-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP). During the meetings last month, the two sides exchanged views on the key concepts...

The move to social media  

The move to social media  

As an industry, media has been breaking away from more traditional outlets. This has primarily been fuelled by how consumers’ needs are evolving, with social media now dominating the market. Thierry Nicault,...

55 women leaders trained on gender responsive governance in Yambio 

55 women leaders trained on gender responsive governance in Yambio 

Equal rights for women and girls is a shared struggle across the world.  In South Sudan, the gender gap has been exacerbated by conflict, a patriarchal culture and age-old customs that marginalise women’s...

Innovations that will reshape business in Kenya in the future 

Innovations that will reshape business in Kenya in the future 

As global spending on Digital Transformation is projected to reach US$1.78 trillion in 2022, James Bayhack, Director, Sub-Saharan Africa at CM.com, looks at innovations that will reshape the business landscape in...

Meet the women shaping the South African workplace of tomorrow

Meet the women shaping the South African workplace of tomorrow

The eventual post-pandemic return to work presents the perfect opportunity to reimagine workplace strategy and space planning. Already one of South Africa’s largest interior design and fit out companies and...

Callsign warns half of MENA consumers trust organisations less after receiving scams messages

Callsign warns half of MENA consumers trust organisations less after...

Callsign, a digital identity pioneer, revealed that the rise of scams is harming organisations’ reputations across the world. The global study of consumers revealed that just receiving a scam message...

The business value behind unlimited leave

The business value behind unlimited leave

There is immense risk attached to the idea of offering your employees unlimited leave, particularly in a country like South Africa, where leave is a legislated and regulated minimum that cannot be lost, so offering...

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